Colour inheritance in cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) fruits

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 307-318

  Felker, P ^a,e   Stintzing, F C ^b,c   Mussig E ^b   Leitenberger, M ^b   Carle, R ^b   Vogt, T ^d   Bunch, R ^a  

^a D'Arrigo Bros   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c WALA HEILMITTEL GMBH   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e D'Arrigo Brothers   (United States)

Author keywords

Betacyanin; Betaxanthin; Cactus pear; Colour; Fruit ripening; Opuntia; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMISTRY; CACTUS; COLOR MORPH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; HERITABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; PIGMENT; RIPENING;

CACTACEAE; DOROTHEANTHUS BELLIDIFORMIS; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; PYRUS; VITACEAE;

EID: 44349099205     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2008.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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